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Because of You



Because of You is a podcast about how sharing experiences with animals makes our human lives better and how we can use our humanity to improve the lives of animals. It's a tender, humorous, often teary collection of conversations about what it means to be human, how animals help us know ourselves, how they invite us to change, and how we use that to do good in the world.


Each episode is a discussion with someone a lot like you. Some are experts in their fields and some are people with loads of lived experience and no formal qualifications. All of them care deeply about animals and their stewardship or caregiving responsibilities.



If you dig a hygge kind of vibe and could talk about the animals in your life all day long, perhaps you are just the guest I am looking for. I review applications each week and schedule follow up conversations with people I think are a great fit for the podcast theme and my communication style.


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Episode 01



The Boy is my eight-year-old young person and was my very first podcast guest. He graciously agreed to talk about what life is like with Greer and what it felt like when Wean, our 19-year-old cat, died.



Slobbered Lens



Slobbered Lens is a mother-son team based in Tacoma, WA, USA, that creates art to honor the amazing love and partnership that grows between humans and non-humans. We specialize in memorial portraits and end-of-life and hospice support through art.


We acknowledge that we are on the traditional land of the Puyallup Coast Salish people and honor with gratitude the land itself and the Puyallup Coast Salish.




Shannon@slobberedlens.com